
Connect with the Pūharakekenui catchment through
the imaginations of its Creative Communicators
Creative Communicator Projects
Every year since 2022, three artists spend 12 weeks exploring the Pūharakekenui Styx River catchment, interpreting aspects of the catchment in a creative way. Read on to discover more about the Pūharakekenui through the eyes and senses of our Creative Communicators.
News
Call for Creative Communicators
Deadline 31 May 2025
Applications currently invited from artists working in all art forms
The Styx Living Laboratory Trust, invites Canterbury-based artists working in all art forms to apply for its upcoming and final 2025/26 Creative Communicator programme. This might suit visual artists such as photographers, printmakers, painters, sculptors, film makers or installation artists and creators, such as composers, writers, poets and choreographers. In this funded role, the Creative Communicator will spend 12 weeks interacting with the Styx Pūharakekenui river catchment in the North of Christchurch. We encourage you to look at the previous Creative Communicator projects below, to get an idea of what has been supported in the past.
Interpreting freshwater values through original and engaging creative practice, you will involve and inspire people through the art you produce to consider and care for their local awa environment. The Creative Communicators programme is part of the Styx Living Laboratory Trust’s Ministry for Environment-funded Project Kōtare, which encompasses the eradication of significant areas of pest plants in the catchment and replanting native vegetation.
Meet the Artists
Jo
More about Jo’s project coming soon…
Moana
More about Moana’s project coming soon…
